- Date & Time
- Saturday, February 28, 2026
PROGRAM A 10:30~12:40
PROGRAM B 14:00~16:25
Sunday, March 1, 2026
PROGRAM C 10:30~12:50
PROGRAM D 14:00~17:00 - Venue
- Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Contemporary Art Auditorium 【B2F】
4-1-1 Miyoshi, Koto-ku, Tokyo (in Kiba Park)
KINO Meeting, which develops video production projects with "people with overseas roots", has produced video works through various workshops to explore the possibilities of communication and expression that arise in the process. In the field where people with diverse roots work together, expressions are derived from the unique collaborative relationship in which different cultures and perspectives "intersect" starting from the "narration" of individuals, and the film is shaped by the accumulation of these words.
At this film festival, we will screen four films that give a glimpse of the process of film creation from such intersections, from films by KINO Meeting and invited films. In addition, we will hold a talk session inviting the creators and experts of the works to create a place to delve deeper into the appreciation experience and share it.
From the intersection of diverse roots, we invite you to participate in this film festival where you will discover the appeal of being and creating together with others whose roots are different from your own.
*Program subject to change
Films to be screened
Program A "New Tokyo Tour" + Making
Lee lost his job, broke up with his girlfriend, and is on the verge of losing the meaning of living in this town. One day, after a chance encounter with Toshiki, who has just arrived in the town, Lee becomes involved in Toshiki's sightseeing tour. The story is woven from the stories of the members who were involved in the production and have roots overseas, and depicts the scenery of Tokyo woven by people who arrived there through various routes.
(Production: KINO Meeting /2022 / Subtitles: Japanese / English / 80 minutes)
Program B "Record of Summer Vacation"
Documentary about exchanges with Kurds living in Japan through Japanese language study support. Director Kawada Jun documents Kurdish siblings living in the same apartment building doing their summer homework and their mothers learning Japanese, and focuses on Kurds living as normal, not the tragic refugees reported in the media or the violent beings talked about on social media.
(Director: Atsushi Kawada/2025/Subtitles: English/Japanese/95 min.)
Program C "Human Pyramid"
Abidjan, the capital of the Ivory Coast during the French colonial period. In local high schools, white students and black African students, the children of settlers, attended classes in the same classroom but did not interact with each other in private. Jean Rouche, a pioneer in visual anthropology, invites both groups to interact and suggests that they make a film together.
(Director: Jean Rouch/1961/88 min)
Program D "Offline Hours" + Documentary
Three omnibus movies depicting the small "decisions" of diverse characters who work in offices in Tokyo late at night. The film was produced by a group of 15 members who "also have overseas roots," with different languages, cultures, and experiences in filmmaking. The members alternated roles of director, screenwriter, actor, art, and cinematographer. A companion documentary traces the production process and shows the difficulties and possibilities of collaboration among diverse people.
(Production: KINO Meeting /2025 / Subtitles: Japanese / English / 120 min.)
Program A/B/C/D "Cinema Portrait"
A group of works created through a small "journey" workshop to find one's roots. The workshop participants walk through the city, encounter landscapes that are linked to their roots, and recount stories that the place/moment evoked. * Different works will be shown each time.
(Production: KINO Meeting /2022-2024 / Subtitles: Sun / 10 minutes)
talk session
Talk Session A Guest
OHASHI Kana (Associate Professor, Department of Communication, Tokyo Keizai University)
Completed the documentary film production program at Met Film School, UK. He completed a doctoral course at Keio University and has a doctorate in policy and media. I continue to conduct video ethnographic research on people's experiences of mobility. Co-directed with Mizuno Daijiro, Transition (2019) was selected for 3 international film festivals. His most recent book is The Practice of Public History: An Alternative and Multivocal History (2025).
Talk Session B Guest
Jun Kawata (filmmaker, director of Summer Vacation Records)
Born in Saitama Prefecture in 1983. In 2007, he graduated from the Department of Oil Painting, Faculty of Art and Design, Musashino Art University. He helped a man excavate the remains of the war dead in Okinawa while searching for the bereaved family members of the remains; he recorded the testimony of a former Japanese soldier who experienced the war in China and Okinawa; and he revisited the memories of a man who had recovered from leprosy and visited his hometown and a facility where he had been quarantined. His works have been shown at museums and film festivals.
Talk Session C Guest
Keijiro KAN (Poet, Professor, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Meiji University)
As a scholar of comparative literature, he has studied French Caribbean literature and Chicano literature, and has published critical travelogues and critical essays, starting with Columbus's Dog. He won the Yomiuri Prize for Literature for "Shanden no Tabi." Since his first collection of poetry, Agend’Ars, in 2010, he has published 9 collections of poetry and given invited readings at poetry festivals and universities in more than 20 countries. Meiji University established the Comprehensive Art Program in the Graduate School of Science and Engineering. He teaches literary creation and critical theory.
Talk Session D Guest
Sachi HITANI (Sociologist, university faculty)
Associate Professor, Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences, The University of Tokyo. He specializes in sociology and immigration studies. His books include The Politics of Expulsion and Resistance (Nakanishiya Publishing), What is Immigration Policy? (Jinbun Shoin), and Immigrants, Refugees, and Art: Imagination Crossing Borders (Shoshuppan Heureka). It is also involved in the management of the National Network for Solidarity with Immigrants, a non-profit organization, and refugee and immigrant festivals.
Kounosuke Kawakami (curator, university faculty)
Born in 1979 in Yamanashi Prefecture. He is a teacher at Kurashiki University of Arts and Sciences. KAG Art Director (https://gallerykag.jp). He specializes in contemporary art, popular music, and curation. He wrote "Genealogy of Punk" (Shoshikan Kanbo), and co-authored "Immigration, Refugees, Art: Imagination Crossing Borders" (Shoshuppan Heureka), "Anarchism as an Idea" (Ibunsha), and "Lecture on Expressive Culture" (Nakanishiya Publishing). The curation includes "Punk! The Revolution of Everyday Life" and Bedtime for Democracy. From Saturday, January 17, 2026 to Sunday, March 22, KAG is holding a retrospective exhibition titled “Kiguchi Noriyuki Exhibition ” focusing on Kiguchi Noriyuki's (1975 –2017) masterpiece,“ Kangiri Project ”. https://gallerykag.jp/
* KINO Meeting will be on stage for all talk sessions
*The progress and talk session on the day will be conducted in Japanese
*Information assurance will be implemented using a transcription system in the talk session.
timetable
DAY1 Saturday, February 28
- 10:15
- Program A doors open
- 10:30
- Cinema Portrait
- 10:40
- "New Tokyo Tour"
- 12:00
- Talk Session A
- 12:40
- End
- 13:45
- Program B doors open
- 14:00
- Cinema Portrait
- 14:10
- "Records of Summer Vacation"
- 15:45
- Talk Session B
- 16:25
- End
DAY2 Sunday, March 1
- 10:15
- Program C doors open
- 10:30
- Cinema Portrait
- 10:40
- The Human Pyramid
- 12:10
- Talk Session C
- 12:50
- End
- 13:45
- Program D doors open
- 14:00
- Cinema Portrait
- 14:10
- Offline Hours
- 16:20
- Talk Session D
- 17:00
- End
capacity
80 students per program
Admission Fee
Free * Registration required
Application
以下のフォームよりお申し込みください。
https://kino-filmfestival.peatix.com/
Application Deadline: by the day before each session
*Applications will close as soon as the number of seats is filled.
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Contact Us
KINO Meeting Secretariat
E-mail: kino.meeting.tokyo*gmail.com (Please replace * with @)